Broad Oak Magazine

( Source ) We appear to be entering a very dangerous phase. The system is using deceit to cover the fact that it is creating its own in...

If you listen out for them, you'll hear them: voices telling you to prepare for disruption to normal civil life. Years ago, it'd be ...

Egon von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management lays out his reasons for investing in physical gold. You may or may not accept his argument,...

Australian blogger The Contrarian Investor points out differences between now and the 1930s that mean gold is merely another speculative inv...

During this crisis, we hear more from the "gold bugs" - people who are convinced that most modern currencies will become worthless...

Sheffield-based analyst Nadeem Walayat demonstrates that, apart from a blip a few months ago, the long-term inflationary trend in prices con...

"Gold ads bug us from the TV and radio. To the new gold experts this means gold sentiment is now too bullish. We’re due for a crash. Ha...

After two-and-a-half years, Warren Buffet has bought the rest of his railroad. Reasons?

Bob Farrell’s Ten Market Rules to Remember 1) Markets tend to return to the mean over time. This is especially noteworthy now, for the hous...

After the stockmarket ructions, pension funds are getting more cagey and thinking about weighting more towards bonds (htp: Pension Pulse). (...

There has been serious research on the connection between what people wear and the state of the economy. I forget who, but a successful inve...

Reading around in the wisdom of others, I predicted Dow 9,000 here , here and here . Now it's happened. Good for you day-traders, but a...

Russell Grant is trenchant in his criticism of feckless governments and financial advisers.

See here . Back in November , I figured that inflation-adjusted Dow took 16 years to decline from 1966 to 1982, and my guess is that we'...

Karl Denninger "does the math" and reckons that as Americans retrench, the economy will contract far more yet - at least 20% in t...

Newpaper headlines: we're in deflation for the first time since x years. Yes, looking at RPI, which takes into account mortgage costs, w...

Before we start, please read my disclaimer above! How do we protect our little wealth against inflation? The gold bugs still enthuse, and it...

"The markets are not about to race away but one of these days they will, so don't wait for ever. Eventually, there will be the moth...

I've just been asked by a client whether he should switch from cash to equities. Here's my view, and it may explain why I haven'...

(Values at 01 Oct 1928 = 1) "There must be some way out of here," Said the joker to the thief. "There's too much confusi...